erosion control Archives - Garden Experiments For the love of gardening and wildlife habitat Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:33:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6 https://www.gardenexperiments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-favicon-32x32.png erosion control Archives - Garden Experiments 32 32 Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia) https://www.gardenexperiments.com/common-blue-violet/ Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:40:20 +0000 http://www.gardenexperiments.com/?p=1806 The little purple-blue flowers of common blue violet are blooming all over my grass under the trees, where it stays moist for long periods of time. I always try to mow around them as much as I can so that I can enjoy the wildflowers. They bloom in early spring into early summer, from April […]

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]]> Stream Bank Erosion Control Using Rocks and Flowering Plants https://www.gardenexperiments.com/stream-bank-erosion-control-using-rocks-and-flowering-plants/ https://www.gardenexperiments.com/stream-bank-erosion-control-using-rocks-and-flowering-plants/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:07:28 +0000 http://www.gardenexperiments.com/?p=1143 Fast running water can erode the banks of a stream quickly. While keeping the bank planted is important, I wanted to reduce the amount of weed-eating necessary to keep the grass (and weeds) down and also make the stream bank more attractive. I opted for lining the stream edge with large landscaping stones and mixing […]

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